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The Doors in the Mist

By: illustria
NaNoWriMo 2007

One day, a few weeks before Christmas, the world as we know it ends. A new era begins, of pain, anguish, and sorrow; of a past that comes to haunt all of us; and a future that seems bleak with the shadows of ghosts and the unseen. Caught in this storm are the lovers Isabelle, who is studying in the U.S., and Alvarez, who is working in the Philippines. As the earth merges into one continent, and as the world they once loved threatens to destroy itself, they strive to find each other and be reunited. Their journeys will teach them that not all sad memories must be heeded, that true love can survive the tests of time and the past - and that there are ways to push back the ghosts into the doors in the mist, so that humanity can face its future once again.

Leifstones

By: ladyariel
NaNoWriMo 2007

After five hundred years of peace in Leif, the kingdom of Keir, destroyed in the world war, mysteriously reappears. The Dark Lord, defeated in the same war, is reborn in the persona of Hadrian, the last Keiran, who vows to destroy Leif as revenge against the Goddess who killed him. Although his power is still not fully reawakened, he calls on the Witches, a dark clan of sorcerers who will poison the minds of the world’s inhabitants while he is still weak.

Higher Learning

By: la.myriade
NaNoWriMo 2007

He had always been possessed with a talent for seeing things in more ways than what many thought were possible. What he saw in fact, was the girl shift into a space behind the space we all see, and shift out of it in another location, almost a kilometre away by his reckoning. The location of a good friend’s class, which was, by his watch, about to start. He takes his cellular phone out and slides the keypad out. Punching a key, he makes a call.

Cygne

By: selecetial
NaNoWriMo 2007

A retelling of the Swan Lake, Lady Princess Selas of the New Kingdom of Empyrea is the youngest daughter and child among the seven children of the King and Queen. Tradition dictates that it is the youngest daughter who is to become the next ruler. However, a dark secret, known only by the Royal House and a few selected people, is behind this tradition, a system that a number considers as a curse bestowed to the young heir. While her life will be spared, her freedom will be taken away.

Wanting to save her from such a fate, the Dark Sorcerer, Sylvan Cross, Lord of the Casablanca Manor and the Swan Lake Estate, kidnapped and placed her under a spell, sealing off the curse. But with this spell comes imprisonment between time and space.

The Sylvaea Tournament

By: Raven Silverflame
NaNoWriMo 2007

“But you won’t be,” said Matthias, “We’re proud of you already for reaching this far. Even if you lost, we’d still be proud of you, Iantha. The spirits of the Tychon Clan and of Astraia are with you now. Whatever happens, our spirits will always be with you. So tomorrow, fight and give it your best. Win or lose, we will still be with you.”